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Yankees have "very strong" interest in Keppinger

The Yankees have very strong interest in free agent infielder Jeff Keppinger, tweets Yahoo's Jeff Passan. The team met with his agent yesterday, as Alex Rodriguez's injury has accelerated their timetable. Keppinger is recovering from a significant injury in his own right, a broken fibula, but it hasn't seemed to affect free agent interest much.

Mike Francesa and Sweeney Murti like the idea of Youkilis and are talking about it now.
Again, I don't mind who the Yankees bring in as long as they bring in a replacement.
Corner Infield help is such a big need for this team. Keppinger would be just fine.

FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports that the bidding for free agent infielder Jeff Keppinger is currently at two years and $8 million.

It looks like a bargain in comparison for Marco Scutaro, who is reportedly getting offers in the range of three years and $24 million. Keppinger, who turns 33 in April, is coming off a season where he batted .325/.367/.439 with nine homers, 40 RBI and an .806 OPS for the Rays. The Yankees are rumored to have strong interest.

Keppinger can also play 1st, 2nd, and 3rd base which gives the Yankees options on any given day.

Exactly, this is the kind of guy you want to be a stopgap for a hurt player. Now granted, we dont know if Arod will be coming back. However, I will operate under the assumption that he will be back by July and as such, Keppinger is the perfect person to man the position until then.

He can play multiple positions so you have the flexibility to move him around when you give other guys off days. You also have the ability to stick him at 3rd once Arod is back and youre giving him time at DH. Its just a solid move. You want a guy that gives you different choices when youre creating your lineup. He does just that and at a reasonable price.

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